Author: MPALCT Output

Your experience hasn’t yet ended in picturesque tourist spots, Lipa City has also a lot to offer to fill up your tummy. There are a lot of original Lipeños delicacies that are surely delightful the way “eat” is. 

Kapeng Barako or Barako Coffee is a variety of coffee grains in Batangas. It has strong taste, flavor and unique aroma. These characteristics made it different among the remaining commercial species (Arabica, Robusta, and Excelsa). Kapeng Barako is popular throughout the province specifically in Lipa City, where Kapeng Barako Festival is annually held.

                Meanwhile Lomi is also a popular delicacy in Lipa City. It is surely the favorite meryenda of most Lipeños and even most of the visitors.  Everywhere in the corner, you’ll certainly find a number canteens (Lomi houses) which offer Lomi as their main dish. Some of the most popular Lomi houses in the city are “Lomi King”, “G2B”, “Corcolon’s”, and “Liam’s”. People who live outside Batangas usually refer to our

Lomi as “Loming Batangas” since it has different texture compared to theirs. “Loming Batangas” has thick liquid base, while Lomi in other places are called Lugaw here in Lipa City. Lomi festival is also celebrated in Lipa City and participated by people from different parts of the Batangas and even CALABARZON.

If you’re looking for a place situated afar from the busy city, Milea Orchard and Bee Farm is the best place for you. It is a farm that specializes on bee keeping and farming (apiary and meliponiary). This is where you can experience a province life where all you could see are healthy green plants, stable ecosystem, and definitely, you’re going to live with bees. There is where you’ll be learning how to keep bees, and fathom that they are not harmful to you and to your environment; they are great contributors to a river-smooth flow of biodiversity. 

                With Beesita sa Bukid package that costs Php. 200.00 per head, you’ll be immersed into bees organic agriculture and healthy lifestyle. You’ll be showed how different species of bees like apis mellifera, apis cerena, and tetragoluna, live and propagate in a small working farm. As a bonus, Milea Orchard and Bee Farm also offers organic products (you can buy it as souvenirs), such as organic soaps, lotions, organic disinfectants, authentic honeys, and many more.

                Interested now? Try to reach them through mobile messages, e-mails, or visit their website. It will only cost hundred pesos to experience a-once-in-a-lifetime experience, so try it now! Open every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday 9:30AM and 2:30PM.

Phone: 0917 888 8438

Landline: +632-708-0590

E-mail: mileabeefarm@gmail.com

Website: www.mileabeefarm.com/ www.milea.ph

Locked up inside the endless chain of work stress and academic pressure? Seeking for an open space to breathe in and breathe out freely? Maybe, Lipa City hasn’t come to your list yet, but want to check it out?

                Commerce grows anywhere in the corners, road congestion everywhere, and people walking in and out of the streets— undeniably, Lipa City is one of the busiest places in Batangas province. But, do you know that there are still some places within the city’s vicinity where you can find an absolutely stable and healthy environment that persistently preserves the natural biodiversity and ecosystem of nature? Well then get on your car and travel to farms here at Lipa City and try to go off the grid. Even just for a day, try to live a life away from the busy city, work stress, and academic pressure. You’re certainly a human and also deserve to experience the God-given gifts of nature.

Parish of Sto. Niño church was built out of the desire of Father Alfredo Maria Obviar to evangelize the whole Lipa population through catechism. This was a cross-shaped church where most people preferred this church for wedding because of its location and its popularity among couples planning to get married. People confused with having two Parish of Sto. Niño in Lipa. The chapel is located at Pinagtongulan, Batangas and the church is located at Levitown, Barangay Marouy Lipa, Batangas. It is a little bit far from the city and highway that’s why it is hard to find but a perfect place for spiritual calmness and peace when praying. The scheduled mass every Sturday are 8:00 AM–11:00 AM, 1:00 PM–2:00 PM, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM and 7:00 PM–8:00 PM; every Sunday 6:00 AM–Noon. You can ride a jeepney going to PKI, Lima, Malvar, Tanauan. Sto. Tomas or Calamba from SM City Lipa and you will see a Jollibee and Caltex Gas Station when you drop off. Ride a tricycle from there. Contact them through (043) 774 8885 or through their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sto-Nino-Parish-Church-Levitown-Marawoy-Lipa-City/220032428076401

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church was built on May 31, 1946, a year after World War II. What makes this church popular are the supernatural and unexplained phenomena happened here many years ago. You may have heard stories about the miracle that happened way back in January 1991, when rose petals fell from the sky at the Carmel Monastery. Another happened in 1948 when apparition of Virgin Mary was also seen here.

                From Monday to Friday, masses are held at 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM, on Saturdays, masses are held at 05:00 AM – 06:00 AM, 06:00 AM – 07:00 AM, 08:00 AM – 09:00 AM, 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM, and on Sundays, masses are held at 06:00 AM – 07:00 AM, 07:30 AM – 08:30 AM, 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

                Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has a distance of 4.2 kilometers from SM City Lipa and a travel time of 18mins. If you are commuting, from SM City Lipa Grand Terminal, ride a San Juan or Rosario jeepneys and drop by Our Lady of Carmel Church along P. Torres Street.

Unlike any other church, Divino Amor Church or commonly known as Redemptorist Church is the most preferred place by devotees when they are looking for a place to pray and the most sacred church in Lipa City. The word Redemptorist came from word “Redemptorist Missionaries” or Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. It is a worldwide congregation of the Catholic Church founded by Saint Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, Southern Italy. The Congregation came to the Philippines in 1906 and founded churches to establish the faith and devotion of Filipinos.

On March 2009, an image of Mother of Perpetual Help was noticed by church goer on a cut mango tree trunk inside the Church compound and they also renovated the front church into a shape-like cut tree trunk. Miracle or not, more visitors came. Every Wednesday, devotees of Our Lady of Perpetual Help gathered at Redemptorist to attend the novena mass and these are the scheduled time 5:30 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:30 PM and 6:00 PM (English). They also had mass on Wednesday (6:00 AM, 7:30 AM, 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM and 5:15 PM), Saturday (6:00 AM, 5:30 PM Anticipated English mass) and Sunday (6:00 AM and 7:30 AM, 5:30 PM in English mass). The blessing of religious article is after every mass and novena, every Wednesday from 10:00 to 11:00 AM and every Sunday 8:30 AM after the mass for blessings of vehicles.

The church is located along M.K. Lina Street, Lipa City. From Cathedral, you can ride a tricycle to visit Redemptorist or you can walk along M.K Lina Street, the major street in the city. You can contact them through this number: (63) (043) 756-1314, visit their Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Divino-Amor-Chapel-Redemptorist/137920126348700 and https://www.facebook.com/Redemptorists-Lipa-195084747249119/ or email them, redemptoristslipa@yahoo.com.ph,  for more info.

Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian or commonly known as Lipa Cathedral is a Romanesque style church in Lipa City. The church can be traced back to as far back as 1605, since then many renovations were done to maintain its architecture. It has a big circular dome, the main halls are surrounded by arches, and the ceiling is painted with images of saints.

                From Monday to Saturday, masses are held at 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM, 07:00 AM – 08:00 AM, 08:00 AM – 09:00 AM and 05:15 PM – 06:15 PM while on Sundays, masses are held at 05:00 AM – 06:00 AM, 06:00 AM – 07:00 AM, 07:00 AM – 08:00 AM, 08:15 AM – 09:15 AM, 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM, 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM, 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM, 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM, and 07:00 PM – 08:00 PM.

                Lipa Cathedral has a distance of 3.2 kilometers from SM City Lipa with a travel time of 14mins. If you are commuting, from SM City Lipa Grand Terminal you need to ride Jeepney and then a tricycle to reach the church.

Do you love to spend your Sundays in heavenly places to pray and reflect? Going home feeling blessed right after? Then, Lipa City must be on your list. With 49 parishes, you’ll surely feel the spiritual calmness you’re seeking for. Addition also is the stories of miracles that absolutely strengthen the faith of the visitors. Travel now and visit the Little Rome of the Philippines. You’re religious experience here at Lipa City will surely leave you feeling blessed.

The Luz-Katigbak Ancestral House, widely known as Casa de Segunda, is a heritage house built during 1860’s and is located in Lipa City Batangas. The house was named after Segunda Solis Katigbak, Jose Rizal’s first love. The ancestral house was declared as a national heritage house by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

                Do you like making films? Then you are in for a treat, since the house can be a location for old settings. Wedding pre-nuptial photo-shoots can also be done in this beautiful location. If you are active in social media there’s no problem, you can take photos as much as you’d like.

                Casa de Segunda has a distance of 3.8 kilometers from SM City Lipa with a travel time of 18mins. If you are commuting from SM City Lipa Grand Terminal, ride a Lipa Palengke Jeepney and ride a tricycle heading straight to reach the house itself. With the entrance fee of 30 pesos, you can visit Casa de Segunda every day from Monday to Sunday. So what are you waiting for? Visit now and experience life back in Spanish time!

A small house located along Pres. L. Katigbak Street, Museo de Lipa repertoires the opulent history of Lipa City. Began its operation on November 2007, up until now, Museo de Lipa preserves the mementos of 19^th century lifestyle of early Lipeños. With free accommodation, people have all their chances to travelpast and see antique mementos such as coffee corner— the different tool in coffee production (as we all know, Lipa City is home of different Kapeng Barako varities), Las Trajes de Mestizas y Ternos— pre-war and festive occasion female ensemble, Satsuma Vase— the Luna brothers’ gift to Doña Germana Solis and Dr. Jose Lozada, and of course, the office tables of Don Claro Mayo Recto and the 24 hour mayor, Mayor Carlos Solis.

                Want to experience a roller coaster ride now back in 19^th century? Try it now! Museo de Lipa is open from Monday to Friday 8:30 AM – 12:00NN and 1:00PM – 5:00PM. For further details, contact them at lipacitytourismcouncil.com or +63(43)784-2537.